I think that my point was, that if a group of people grows up thinking that they are 'different in a bad way' then they grow up to act this out, and even if they don't - the media will portray that they do. It's what the media does.
Take the same group, surround them with love, understanding, positive role models and what they need for a healthy self-image (some social time with mental peers and challenging academics in the case of Gifties) and they grow up with the same challenges as anyone else and their own unique and valuable strengths.
We happen to live in a society where members of a group don't feel 'validated' until there is a popular movie, a TV show, and a couple of celebrities that share the identity. Now that's what I call weird! ((wink))
Grinity
